Eastern European trio to be featured in Summerlin concert
By JAN HOGAN
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special to viewFrom left, violinist Laraine Kaizer-Viazovtsev, pianist Maria Pisarenko and cellist Elena Kapustina, also known as the Mechta Trio, perform Friday at Summerlin Library Performing Arts Center, 1771 Inner Circle Drive.
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The Las Vegas Chamber Music Society plans the first concert of its 2008-09 season for 7 p.m. Friday at the Summerlin Library Performing Arts Center, 1771 Inner Circle Drive.
The free event will feature the Mechta Trio, which consists of a pianist, cellist and violinist, all of whom are classically trained. Mechta means "dream" in Russian.
The Las Vegas-based trio, which formed in June, plans to present the music of Mozart, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich.
Violinist Laraine Kaizer-Viazovtsev described the pieces the group will perform as "works of art, passionate and deep."
The trio also includes Elena Kapustina, who graduated from the Belarus State Conservatory in 1989 with a diploma as a cellist, chamber music performer and pedagogue, or educator.
Fellow member Maria Pisarenko, a pianist, was born in Siberia and studied at Central Music School of Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and at the Russian Academy of Music Gnesinyh.
Kaizer-Viazovtsev has an advanced degree. She is currently a violinist in the Las Vegas Philharmonic and freelances as a strolling violinist. But her talent doesn't end there. Kaizer-Viazovtsev also is an artist with a paintbrush in hand. Her paintings can be viewed at www.larainespainting.com.
"I really like playing in a trio," she said. "There's only one of you, so it's your voice and you really get to shine. It's almost like being a soloist."
The trio is slated to perform the same hourlong concert again at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 24 at the Clark County Library Theatre, 1401 E. Flamingo Road.
The Las Vegas Chamber Music Society, established in 2003, brings three to four concerts to Las Vegas each year.
For more information, call 507-3863 or visit www.lvcms.org.
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